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Royal College of Midwives is the voice of midwifery, the UK’s only trade union & professional organisation led by midwives for midwives & MSWs.
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Join us on 8 and 9 May for two unmissable days of inspirational speakers, sessions and networking opportunities. Enter your work to display at conference here:
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We would like to apologise that women are not mentioned in our recent safer sleeping guidance. This was a huge oversight on our part, especially as we are committed as an organisation to ensure that women are never erased from the narrative around pregnancy & birth.
@millihill
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Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visits Merthyr Tydfil maternity unit today:
@RcmWales
@RoyalFamily
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We have taken it down from our website while we revise and correct this omission.
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MISSING: It's 5 days since we wrote to
@SteveBarclay
to ask him to meet with us, our
#midwives
and
#MSWs
. Still no word from him, not even an acknowledgement. So, if you happen to see him, could you let him know we're dying to hear from him?
#StillNoSignOfSteve
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These accounts have been reported to Twitter and to the police, as have others. We will not stand for this vile and hateful abuse and will always call it out.
We will continue to provide evidence-based advice that
#pregnant
women can trust.
#IStandWithGill
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Happy 70th Birthday to HRH The Princess Royal and our Patron! Since 2002, your support for the vital work has helped amplify the voices in
#maternity
care. We look forward to many more royal visits!
@RoyalFamily
#midwives2020
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Since the pandemic began, we have worked hard to get the best advice and support to our members and to pregnant women. Yesterday, after our call to
#pregnant
women to get vaccinated, our CEO Gill Walton was subjected to threats and abuse, of which this is a small selection
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HRH The Princess Royal, Patron of the RCM, and The Duchess of Cambridge, Patron of the
@RCObsGyn
, heard more about the ways that the two Colleges are working together to improve maternal health care.
Photography:
@katedarkinsphotography
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It was great to officially open our new headquarters this week. Having the RCM’s Patron, The Princess Royal, and The Duchess of Cambridge here to mark the occasion made it even more special
@RCObsGyn
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Inverurie’s Community Maternity Unit (ICMU) in
#Scotland
was treated to a Royal visit at the weekend by RCM Patron, HRH The Princess Royal.
@RoyalFamily
@ScotlandRCM
@NHSGrampian
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HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
@KensingtonRoyal
expresses support and admiration for
#midwives
and maternity support workers in open letter. Read more here
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@VictoriaPeckham
Thanks
@VictoriaPeckham
. It was an oversight in the drafting, but this isn't about excuses, it's about putting it right.
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HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
@KensingtonRoyal
spent time in November working with midwives and MSWs
@KingstonHospNHS
. In an open letter to UK and global midwives, she celebrates their work and dedication
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Community
#midwife
Rachel Millar makes the front cover of Vogue as the July edition celebrates the millions of key workers
#midwives2020
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Happy 72nd Birthday to the
#NHS
!! 🎉🎉 From 1948 to today,
#maternity
staff have empowered women and delivered excellent care in pregnancy, labour and beyond. Today we celebrate all that our members contribute to our amazing health service ❤️
#NHSBirthday
#midwives2020
#msws
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This 👇🏼👇🏽👇🏾👇🏿
📢 Calling all pregnant women! 📢
🤰Please watch this video from our lovely midwives 💕
👇 We will support you 💝
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@MidwivesRCM
Patron HRH The Princess Royal
@RoyalFamily
arriving for visit to Inverurie maternity unit
@NHSGrampian
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Taking industrial action is the last resort for a reason: no nurse, ambulance worker, physio or midwife wants to do it, but sometimes it's the only option when faced with Government belligerence. Today we stand with
@theRCN
colleagues up and down the country
#SolidarityWithNurses
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Huge congratulations to our CEO
@GillWaltonRCM
on receiving her CBE this morning from HM The King at Windsor Castle. A proud moment for the whole RCM, and for Gill's family who were able to share the day with her.
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Read more about the visit by RCM Patron, HRH The Princess Royal to Inverurie’s Community Maternity Unit (ICMU) in
#Scotland
here:
@RoyalFamily
@NHSGrampian
@ScotlandRCM
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Some important information from us and
@RCObsGyn
about birth partners - please share
#pregnant
#CovidMaternity
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The
#NHS
has confirmed that the first postnatal appointment for all new mums should be a face-to-face visit at home. Take a look at our top tips on preparing for a home visit:
#midwives2020
#maternity
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“Women are still pregnant, still having babies, & they need the care & support of properly resourced maternity services. We have to ensure that
#midwives
&
#MSWs
are ringfenced from any redeployment to ensure that women continue to receive safe care” -
@GillWaltonRCM
Hundreds of thousands of pregnant women in the UK face a crisis as maternity and abortion services shut their doors indefinitely
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This is a welcome intervention from
@KensingtonRoyal
and
@earlychildhood
. Maternal health during pregnancy has a profound impact on child development, and it’s great to see that recognised here.
Today, we're launching our new
#ShapingUs
campaign to highlight the importance of early childhood.
Watch this video to find out how and why our early childhood shapes the adults we become.
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🎉🎉Happy International Day of the Midwife!🎉🎉 Thank you to all who have returned, joined or stayed constant during the pandemic. Your care is invaluable now and always
#IDM2020
#Midwives2020
@GillWaltonRCM
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‘We recognise the importance of being diverse and inclusive Royal Colleges’ say
@MidwivesRCM
&
@RCObsGyn
publishing joint statement on inclusivity. Full statement:
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COMING THIS WEDNESDAY at 4.30pm: We will be holding a Twitter Q&A alongside
@RCObsGyn
on
#COVID
ー19. If you work in
#maternity
or you are
#pregnant
, please send us your questions via DM and we will aim to answer as many as possible. Please share.
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RCM Patron HRH The Princess Royal and HRH The Duchess of Cambridge Patron of
@RCObsGyn
today joined forces to visit the Colleges and officially open their new headquarters in London.
Read more here:
@RoyalFamily
@KensingtonRoyal
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Everyone at the RCM is deeply saddened to hear of the death of Lynsay Coventry, a midwife at
@NHSHarlow
. She went to work every day to support pregnant women & bring new life into the world.
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If you’re in any doubt about why
#midwives
are looking to take industrial action or even leave the profession altogether, read this first person account in
@BritishVogue
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🎉RCM's Chief Executive and General Secretary Gill Walton has been appointed a CBE 🎖️for services to midwifery in the Queen’s Jubilee Honours.
"I am so proud to receive the award on behalf of midwives and maternity support workers"
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Thank you to everyone at
@MFT_SMH
for an amazing visit with our patron HRH The Princess Royal. Winner of the Maternity Service of the Year 2021 and rightly so.
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‘She will be a dynamic force for good for midwifery and maternity care in England’ says RCM CEO
@GillWaltonRCM
on appointment of former RCM Head of Maternity Transformation,
@katebrintworth
as new England Chief Midwifery Officer
@NHSEngland
, read more at
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#Maternity
services are working hard to keep services running, incl this great partnership between
@SpursOfficial
and
@NorthMidNHS
. If you have any questions about
#covid19
and your pregnancy, we’re holding a Q&A tomorrow at 4pm. Just DM us your questions by 12 noon today
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Happy International Day of the Midwife 2018! Don’t forget to share your events using the hashtag
#IDM2018
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The pandemic has exposed the fragility of
#maternity
services. Our priorities to solve this are clear:
✔️Recruitment and retention
✔️Flexible working
✔️Pausing Continuity targets
✔️Health & wellbeing of staff
✔️Supporting
#NQMs
and
#students
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Visit over of
@MidwivesRCM
Patron HRH The Princess Royal
@RoyalFamily
to Inverurie maternity unit
@NHSGrampian
and plaque unveiled to commemorate visit
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The Re:Birth project has heard from hundreds of service users and health professionals about what they think of the language used to describe how babies are born. Now, we want to know which words you think should be used for official records:
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Happy Easter to all midwives, MSWs and students who are on the frontline right now supporting pregnant women at this unprecedented time.
#Midwives2020
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Congratulations to RCM's Executive Director Midwife
@BirteLam
on receiving her OBE at Windsor Castle today for her outstanding contribution to midwifery.
Her OBE was presented to her by Prince Charles.
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We've also just launched a new infographic for
#pregnant
women with some great advice so you can help your midwives keep maternity services running throughout the pandemic.
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We at the
#RCM
express a deep sadness for all in the maternity community and wider NHS at the distressing news about midwife, Samantha Eastwood. Our deepest sympathy and support to her family and close colleagues at this time.
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Welcome to our first ever Twitter Q&A. This is
@GillWaltonRCM
and
@morris_ep
of
@RCObsGyn
. Thank you to everyone who has sent in questions – we’ll do our best to answer as many as we can over the next hour
#covidmaternity
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Midwives & UK maternity services have delivered almost 160,000 babies across the UK since the pandemic began!!
#IDM2020
#COVID
ー19
#Covidmaternity
#Midwives
#RCM
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To all the
#midwives
and
#MSWs
out there working round the clock to keep services open for
#pregnant
women, thank you. We know that some services have had to be scaled back, but none have closed and that's a credit to each and every one of you
#CovidMaternity
Hundreds of thousands of pregnant women in the UK face a crisis as maternity and abortion services shut their doors indefinitely
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RCM welcomes call from the Duchess of Cambridge for more support for new parents
@KensingtonRoyal
#5BigInsights
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This afternoon, the Health Secretary
@SteveBarclay
will give a speech suggesting that maternity services should be 'deprioritised'. Our response in the thread below
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It's now been a week - a full seven days - since we wrote to
@SteveBarclay
inviting him to meet with us and our members to discuss the crisis in maternity care. We sent it to four different email addresses for him. And we've very helpfully posted the letter on Twitter too 1/2
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The number of NHS midwives working in the Midlands fell in the most recent official figures – but the number of births across the Midlands *rose* by 1,000 last year. We need to retain the NHS midwives we have while training and recruiting more. A decent NHS pay rise would help
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Call from
@MidwivesRCM
for immediate delay on mandatory COVID vaccination for NHS staff – fears of a catastrophic impact on maternity services, see
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Happy New Year and an exciting road ahead as we enter a year-long effort to celebrate the work of nurses and midwives.
@WHO
has designated 2020 to highlight challenging conditions and advocate for increased investments in the nursing and midwifery workforce.
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“To suggest that maternity services should be deprioritised by the NHS at a time when countless reports have referenced a lack of Government investment and attention is at best foolish and at worst negligent.
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RCM Patron HRH The Princess Royal writes to midwives supporting their work on eve of Year of the Midwife -
#Midwives2020
@RoyalFamily
@world_midwives
@WHO
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Happy International Day of the Midwife! Thank you to each and every midwife and member of the maternity team💜
#IDM2022
#midwives
#msws
#students
@GillWaltonRCM
@RcmNi
@RcmWales
@ScotlandRCM
@RCM_SMF
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If you are pregnant and looking for advice on the COVID vaccine, we have created an information sheet answering some of the most common questions. Download here:
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The RCM and
@RCObsGyn
have urged
@NHSEngland
to stop delay and publish guidance on partners during birth, scans, antenatal and postnatal appointments.
#Covid19UK
#Covidmaternity
#pregnancy
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And we’re off! Midwives (and MSWs!) assemble!
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Everyone at the RCM is deeply saddened to hear of the death of Lynsay Coventry, a midwife at
@NHSHarlow
. She went to work every day to support pregnant women & bring new life into the world.
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We’ve welcomed the extension to the COVID booster programme and urge pregnant women to get the COVID vaccine
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***IMPORTANT NOTICE***Please share***
Because we want to get you the most accurate and up-to-date advice, we have postponed our Twitter Q&A by 24 hours. Please do join us at 4.30pm on Thursday 19 March.
#CovidMaternity
@RCObsGyn
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“You can’t fill the bath with the plug out.”
@DOckendenLtd
calls for a significant investment for a robustly funded and well trained maternity workforce in her address at
#rcmconf22
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It is International Day of the Midwife 💙🎉
To all midwives across the UK and internationally, thank you for the incredible work you do, going above and beyond to provide the best care for women and their families every day.
Happy
#IDM2021
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Two RCM Award winning
#midwives
from Northampton this week met RCM's Patron HRH The Princess Royal and HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
@NGHnhstrust
@EGhaouch
@AnneRichley
@RoyalFamily
@KensingtonRoyal
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Thank you
#BBC
and
@radioleary
for highlighting all the fantastic work being done in
#maternity
services up and down the country. From antenatal care to labour and birth,
#midwives
and
#MSWs
are there for every family. Thank you to each and every one of them
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Solidarity with our sister union
@INMO_IRL
taking strike action tomorrow for a health service in Ireland that is properly staffed and ensures everyone gets the care they deserve
#StandWithMidwives
!
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Great to see
@BBCBreakfast
featuring the great work of
#midwives
and
#obstetricians
during the current crisis, including supporting women with
#COVID19
. Also highlighting the low risk to babies during pregnancy
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With the rest of the world, we are appalled at the attack on a
#maternity
hospital in
#Ukraine
. We stand with our colleagues working to support women and babies regardless of war raging around them.
First BBC verified pictures from Russia's strike on maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine
Follow the latest ⬇️
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We have today called on
@SteveBarclay
to meet with frontline
#maternity
staff to help him understand their frustration. Read more below and here:
#midwives
#NHS
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We're delighted
@Pampers_UK
designed a campaign to thank midwives & MSWs for their incredible work.
Show support by telling us what your midwife did for you using
#ThankYouMidwife
&
@Pampers_UK
will donate £1 to the Benevolent Fund of the RCM Trust. Ts&Cs
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Today we have published joint guidance with
@RCObsGyn
and
@RCPCHtweets
for healthcare professionals on
#COVID19
and infection in
#pregnancy
. Download here:
#COVID2019
#midwives2020
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Happy International Day of the Midwife to all our members and midwives around the world. Here is a special message from
@GillWalton
#IDM2023
❤️🎉
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Congratulations to
@Palomafaith
- and thank you for your honesty and openness. Pregnancy can be joyful, but it can also be a difficult journey.
#Midwives
are there to support you every step of the way.
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Delighted to hear that the first blue plaque outside London commemorates Daphne Steele, a midwife and the first Black matron in the NHS. Daphne was at the heart of her community, playing a pivotal role in so many families ❤️
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This is such an important message. If you are
#pregnant
and have any concerns at all about your or your baby’s health, you MUST contact your
#maternity
team for advice.
Coronavirus: Plea for public to get medical care when they need it
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"Demands on staff mean they cannot deliver the level of care they so desperately want to and choice for women is being eroded. For many, crisis mode is now the norm" says RCM CEO
@GillWaltonRCM
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Happy
#mothersday2020
.
#Midwives
have the privilege of being with you at the start of your journey as a mother. However you're celebrating, even if it's not as planned, have a lovely day. And don't forget the
#midwives
up and down the country who will be with more new mums today
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‘Midwives need the time to care’ says the RCM as it calls for perinatal mental health support and launches its brand new roadmap of recommendations. More here:
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Happy 200th birthday to
#FlorenceNightingale
. Although she's best known as the Lady of the Lamp, she made a massive impact on midwifery too. We're delighted to be part of
@UlsterMuseum
's new virtual exhibition
#FlorenceFacts
#Midwives2020
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Are you supporting pregnant women make an informed choice on the vaccine? Take a look at our webinar on the vaccine and pregnancy for midwives and MSWs:
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HRH The Queen has published a letter praising midwives, nurses and other health workers for their dedication, to mark World Health Day.
#WorldHealthDay
#SupportNursesandMidwives
#Midwives2020
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Midwives team up with Bolton Council of Mosques to deliver new antenatal service
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"It is now time to give midwives, maternity support workers & other NHS staff the early and substantial pay rise they deserve" says RCM
@jonskewes
#NHSpay
#midwives
#msws
#RCM
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📢📢📢IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
We know many members received ballot papers AFTER the ballot closed because of the postal strikes & so were unable to have their voices counted. If this applies to you, PLEASE STILL RETURN YOUR COMPLETED BALLOT in the enclosed return envelope. 1/2
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The RCM expresses its sadness at the death of Mary Cronk. Mary was a legend within her profession, an advocate for all women and a challenger of orthodoxy. Mary enriched all our lives and our conception of women centred care.
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Happy Birthday to the HRH, The Princess Royal. Thank you for your patronage to the RCM and support to midwives, MSWs, students and all RCM members
@RoyalFamily
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RCM's Chief Executive
@GillWaltonRCM
today with midwife
@cheryl_samuels_
& student midwives delivering a petition with over 123,000 signatures to No.10 calling for urgent investment in maternity services to stem the tide of midwives leaving the NHS
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Best of luck to the home birth team at Milton Keynes who launch their brand new home birth service today
@MKHospital
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*BREAKING NEWS* For the first time the RCM Annual Conference is going VIRTUAL! Taking place across 4 days, 6-9 October. We are super excited that we still get to bring together the midwifery community in these unprecedented times. Register now
#rcmconf
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'New Chief Executive for Royal College of Midwives’
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